Hello, readers. Happy Wednesday and welcome back to On Politics. I'm Kathryn Palmer, and here's what to keep an eye on today in the ever-evolving world of politics. |
After Ilhan Omar attacked, Trump suggests she staged it |
A man rushed Rep. Ilhan Omar at a town hall in Minneapolis last night and sprayed her with an unknown substance from a syringe. The man attacked the congresswoman as she called for ICE to be abolished and for Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to be impeached. He was arrested shortly thereafter. In a phone interview later that evening with ABC News, Trump suggested that Omar, a Somali-American and regular target of the president, faked the encounter. "I don't think about her. I think she's a fraud," Trump told the outlet. "She probably had herself sprayed, knowing her." When asked if he'd seen the video, the president said he hadn't. | U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) speaks during a town hall meeting at the Urban League Twin Cities facility on January 27, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. A person holding a syringe charged the podium as Omar spoke. Brandon Bell, Getty Images |
Two agents fired guns in Pretti shooting, DHS report says |
Two border officers fired their guns during the fatal encounter that killed Alex Pretti in Minnesota, according to a copy of the internal Customs and Border Protection investigation obtained by USA TODAY. The probe notes that the agents began firing after an officer yelled "he's got a gun" multiple times. The report does not say whether the bullets fired by both agency members hit Pretti. One of the officers was a Border Patrol agent and the other was a Customs and Border Protection officer, the report said. The preliminary findings were based on body-worn camera footage and agency documentation. |
Trump threatens Iran with 'massive armada' |
The president unleashed new threats toward Iran today, warning in a social media post that it will face an "armada" of U.S. warships if it doesn't make a deal on nuclear weapons. Trump's comments come less than a week after he issued a similar threat to use military ships against the Middle Eastern nation, when he urged the Iranian government to tamp down on violence against protestors. He warned a U.S. aircraft carrier used in the Jan. 2 Venezuela strikes and captures was headed toward Iran and was prepared to fulfill its mission "with speed and violence, if necessary." Trump pulled out of the nuclear deal with Tehran during his first term in 2018, calling the Obama administration-led deal "horrible" and "one-sided," and launched a series of strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities in June 2025. | | Tensions remain high as immigration authorities remain in place and Tuesday evening a man doused a lawmaker from Minnesota with an unknown substance. | | Secretary of State Marco Rubio made the comments at a Jan. 28 Senate hearing on Venezuela. | | | | First lady Melania Trump rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange. See photos. | | | | Walking through a cloud of tear gas, bookstore owner Greg Ketter let loose his anger at immigration agents. His sales skyrocketed. | | | | A Georgia lawmaker has proposed renaming Sawnee Mountain in Forsyth County to Trump Mountain. The lawmaker is running for lieutenant governor. | | | | | Sign up for the news you want | Exclusive newsletters are part of your subscription, don't miss out! We're always working to add benefits for subscribers like you. | | | | | |
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